College Cookbook Thanksgiving Edition: Lost in the sauce – a simple recipe for homemade cranberry sauce

Throughout my childhood, cranberry sauce was always an integral focal point at each Thanksgiving celebration. Growing up in a family that spent countless hours each summer picking berries for Thanksgiving, it was not only important that our cranberry sauce be homemade, but also that it was made with wild Alaskan cranberries.

Being lucky enough to live on land that produced an abundance of multiple kinds of berries (blueberries, highbush cranberries, lowbush cranberries to name a few) my family liked to incorporate that into our Thanksgivings.

While traditionally reserved for Thanksgiving, cranberry sauce is simple to make and can be a festive addition to many occasions, and leftover cranberry sauce can be repurposed in many different ways, such as in muffins or as an ice cream topping.